Hi Reader,

Hope you're having a good day!

Many folks usually reach out to me, asking I often forget and not able to focus on learning.

In 2025, it is not lack of learning resources or roadmap, but there are lot of distractions.

Low attention span with social media scrolling for many hours daily watching short form content.

Also, poor sleep affects the focus level, as we spend more time watching OTT (movies, web series etc.) late nights and we do not get enough sleep regularly.

Try to fix the issues and take 20 minutes long walk daily without smartphone.

Reduce shortform content scrolling and listen to some helpful podcasts or practice Meditation or Yoga Nidra for 15 minutes.

Use the social media scroll time, to practice something which you need to - it could be something like Coding, Automation or some AI innovation topics going on at your workplace or for job switch.

You might think this email looks like focusing on Health tips, but if you need more Focus on what you need to do, staying Healthy and eating good food help for better attention span of few hours daily.

If you need good number of Job opportunities as QA engineer role, in any country, Focus on quick roadmap (spend 3 months to learn with Daily practice).

1) Software Testing Fundamentals - Test Design, STLC, Bug Lifecycle, Test Plan, Test Strategy etc., as needed

2) One programming knowledge in depth with practice need for Automation Testing (If your target is not cracking FAANG/MAANG don't worry about DSA topics)

3) Learn an Automation Testing Tools ( Web + API ) - Choice of tool depends on your location (country)

4) Framework development and executing on CI/CD tools for continuous testing (In real world projects, Automated tests run daily or weekly multiple times)

5) If you are not interested into Coding, then probably Learn Performance testing or Security Testing with in-depth implementation, based on your preference/interests.

If you are already expert in Point 1 to 5, then start exploring AI tools, LLMs, MCP, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code concepts and you can build AI agents to improve your Testing/Automation productivity. But if you are not having Foundation skills, knowing AI prompting alone might not help to crack Job opportunities or complete task as QA engineer in Real world projects.

Some QA folks recently asked me, there are some Edtech companies launching AI Engineer courses with Data Science complete curriculum costing $1000+ / 1 Lakh rupees. You should be very focused on your future goals and path before making costly decisions.

Let's meet in next email.

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Good day,

Swaroop Nadella - QA Educator, Test Automation Engineer.

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